WELCOME

TO

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON GOTS CERTIFICATION 2016

Date: 23rd November, 2016

Venue: Radisson Blu, Dhaka

Topics:

Common Auditing Issues in social context

Good Practices &

Worst Practices of Facilities

PRESENTED BY: ABDUL MOTTALEB CERES Bangladesh

Minimum social requirements for GOTS Certification

3.2. Employment is freely chosen

3.3. Freedom of association and collective bargaining

3.4. Working conditions

3.5. Child labour

3.6. Living wages

3.7. Working hours

3.8. No discrimination

3.9. Regular employment

3.10. Harsh or inhumane treatment

3.11. Social Compliance Management System

Corrective action review of previous social audit

reports like BSCI, SMETA, WRAP etc.

Most Common Auditing Issues

1. Social Issues

2. Fire , Building & Electrical

safety issues

3. Health & safety

issues

4. Work place issues

Social issues

Social

issues

Payment &

Working Hours

related issues

Communication

channel related

Others

1. Payment and working hours

Delay payment

Minimum wages

Not providing actual overtime rate

Excessive overtime.

Not providing pay slip.

Illegal deduction

Not providing yearly increment

No accurate time recording system

Falsified time recording and wage sheet

Discrimination in regards of promotion and increment

Social Issues

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2. Communication Channel related issues:

Not formed participation committee (PC).

Participation committee formed by selection by the

management.

Not occurred Participation committee minutes by regular

intervals.

No designated personal responsible for health and safety issues.

Participation committee is not active.

3. Others Issue:

Not providing appointment letter.

Not providing identity card.

Not providing group insurance facility

No OT for piece rated workers

Social Issues

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues can be divided into three

categories such as :

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues

Fire safety related issues.

Building Safety issues.

Electrical Safety issues.

1. Fire related issues

Not providing fire fighting equipment like fire extinguisher, smoke detector,

PA system, hose pipe, exit sign etc.

Fire fighting equipments are not installed at suitable place or fire

equipments are blocked by materials.

Not providing evacuation map.

Not providing effective fire related training to the fire fighters or workers.

Not conduct external fire drill at the facility by the regular intervals.

Not regularly inspect the effectiveness of fire fighting equipment.

No secondary exit.

Inward door.

No aisles mark.

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues

2. Building Safety issues

Commercial building are using for industrial purpose.

No legal approval from concern authority for building

structural as well as layout plan.

Load bearing capacity.

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues

3. Electrical Safety issues:

Loose wiring.

Use of flammable materials.

Not inspect periodically.

Fire, Building & Electrical safety issues

Health & Safety Issues Health & Safety Issues can be divided into three categories

such as :

Health &

Safety Issues

1. PPE related issues.

2. Machinery safety related

issues.

3. Administrative issues related on

OHS issues.

Health & Safety Issues

1. PPE related issues:

Workers are not using dust mask where needed.

Workers are not using respiratory mask.

Workers are not using ear plug.

Workers are not using eye glass.

Health & Safety Issues

1. PPE related issues:

Workers of washing section are not using hand gloves and

gumboot

Cutting operators are not using metal hand gloves.

Not providing rubber mat for pressing section’s workers.

Health & Safety Issues

2. Machinery safety related issues:

Needle guard missing or displaced.

Eye guard missing or displaced.

Pulley cover, belt cover and rotary hook cover missing.

Paddle mat missing.

3. Administrative issues related on OHS:

No effective training and awareness program on OHS.

Lack of workers awareness.

First aider incompetent.

Insufficient first aid materials.

No medical facility.

No dining & canteen facility.

Health & Safety Issues

Work Place issues

Not store hazardous chemical in a separate method. For example,

if you store soda and acid together, it will increase the possibility of

explosion.

No entry restriction for unauthorized people at sensitive area like

Chemical storage, Boiler and Generator room etc.

No risk assessment for excessive height at store room.

Work Place issues

Workers blocked.

Aisles blocked.

MSDS, label & secondary containment missing with chemical.

Good Practices

Good practices are those facilities which a factory is provided,

but not legally bound for providing those facilities. Different

factories have different policies for their best practices.

Some of the Good Practices are:

Yearly cultural & sports competition program.

Yearly picnic.

Attendance bonus.

Free medical treatment.

Free education facility for worker’s children.

Providing benefits in case of sudden death of employees.

Photos of Production Area

Photos of Production Area

Photos of Yearly cultural

program

Photos of Yearly sports

competition program

Photos of Yearly Picnic

Worst Practices

Some of worst practices are:

Not providing earn leave benefits.

Not providing service benefits.

Polluting environment intentionally.

Falsified documentation representation.